Welcome to the next mechanical era
Welcome to the next mechanical era
Introducing the Modke Mimic
The hybrid input system built around your anatomy, designed to make advanced mechanics feel natural to you.
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Find your StickPrint™
Once connected to your keyboard, the Mimic’s adjustable neck lets you bring the stick exactly where your thumb wants it, unlocking the full biomechanical advantages of natural thumb movement and control.
At the same time, because the Mimic hovers above the keyboard at your StickPrint™, every finger retains full access to every row. For players coming from other joystick mods, access to the QWERTY and 1–5 number row is restored, even with smaller hands.
StickPrint™ is the foundation of the Mimic. It defines your exact, unique thumb position and makes everything else feel right, from new bind frameworks like Drum Binds to long-session comfort and biomechanically efficient joystick control.
Introducing Drum Binds
With the Mimic preserving full keyboard access while offloading movement to the joystick, keybinds for mechanically demanding games can be completely reimagined.
Drum Binds are a new bind framework built around how your fingers naturally move under pressure. In-game actions you commonly perform back to back are mapped in sequence, allowing your fingers to drum across neighboring keys in rapid succession and execute complex mechanics as a single, fluid motion.
The result is dramatically higher actions per second and a more aggressive playstyle that feels instinctive instead of forced. More like playing a musical instrument than pressing keys.
Drum Binds are enabled by StickPrint™ and refined through repetition. Join our Discord to explore and iterate on Modke’s Drum Binds for Fortnite, Arc Raiders, and beyond.
Biomechanics-Driven Ergonomics
The Mimic’s palm rest is designed to support the left side of your palm without trapping the thumb. By allowing the muscular pad at the base of the thumb, the thenar eminence, to naturally hang over the edge, the thumb stays free to manipulate the joystick with optimal biomechanics.
Combined with StickPrint™, this positioning places the thumbstick at the ideal contact point at the tip of the thumb, allowing the DIP joint to remain naturally bent through the full range of joystick movement. A bent DIP joint is critical for fast, precise joystick control and long-session comfort. When the joint stays engaged instead of locked or stretched, reactions feel quicker, more athletic, and more controlled.
The design adapts across hand sizes and creates a familiar feel similar to gripping the left side of a controller, but tailored precisely to your individual hand.
You have to feel it to believe it.
Built for Players who care about the details
Designed for Wooting
The Mimic attaches with a purpose-built connector key that integrates directly with your keyboard.
Now shipping for the Wooting 60HE, 60HE v2 and Wooting Two HE. Preorders are open for the SteelSeries Apex Pro series and Razer Huntsman V3 series. The Mimic also works with any keyboard without a connector.
If you’d like to see support for other keyboards, let us know in our Discord. Connector development is driven directly by player feedback.
Plug and play
The Mimic is a standard XInput device that works immediately when you plug it in. No proprietary drivers, required software, or background services.
For customization, our Web Utility is available through Discord. We also provide lifetime reWASD access for players who want advanced remapping. Out of the box, the Mimic just works and stays out of your way.
Two rules of thumb
A bent thumb reacts faster.
A naturally bent thumb stores tension, allowing quicker and more precise reactions. It feels responsive and satisfying, like your thumb is primed instead of stretched or locked.
Control comes from the tip.
Keeping your thumbtip glued to the center of the thumbstick improves consistency and fine motor control. Rapid adjustments feel effortless. It’s a dopamine hit for your left hand.
StickPrint™ was designed to let your left hand mimic the same athletic claw grip your right hand already uses on the mouse. This bilateral symmetry helps players enter and maintain flow more consistently.
Joystick + full keyboard access
The Mimic hovers above the keyboard at your StickPrint™ location, staying out of the way of everyday typing while preserving full access to every row during competitive play.
Game, type, and move between the two seamlessly with no repositioning or adjustments. The palm rest is designed to work the same way for daily typing and high-intensity gaming.
Drift-free by design
GuliKit hall-effect thumbsticks use contactless sensors to deliver long-term precision without stick drift. The thumbcaps are interchangeable and include Corepad PXP grip material, letting you fine-tune feel and traction to your preference.
hardware overview
What's in the box?
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Modke Spacebar
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Mimic
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Modke Windows Key + Wooting Connector
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Hex Key
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* not pictured - USB C, Corepad PXP Grips, Keycap Puller
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Join our Discord
We break down StickPrint™, Drum Binds, and real-world biomechanics, share setups, and iterate together. Come learn, share what you discover, and help shape what comes next.
Share a picture of your Mimic setup and receive a free reWASD Basic lifetime license.
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Will the Mimic be available in my country?
We are shipping to the United States and Canada only right now with plans to ship internationally very soon. Hit us up on discord if you need special shipping overseas.
Which keyboards does the Mimic work with?
The Mimic attaches to your keyboard with a patented, model-specific connector.
Shipping now:
Available for preorder:
- SteelSeries: Apex Pro TKL, Apex Pro Mini, Apex 9 TKL, Apex 9 Mini
- Razer: Huntsman V3 Pro, Huntsman V3 Pro TenKeyLess, Huntsman V3 Pro Mini
If you order for a SteelSeries or Razer keyboard, your Mimic ships right away with the Wooting connector and your SteelSeries or Razer connector follows free as soon as it's ready. There's no need to wait, because the Mimic is fully usable without one.
Some players even make their own connectors, whether they 3D print them or build them another way. Sly Jack built one that mounts his Mimic on the right side of his keyboard.
Don't see your keyboard? Let us know on Discord, because we're always adding support for more models.
Where can I ask questions or learn more?
Our Discord is the best place to ask questions, share setups, and learn more about StickPrint™, Drum Binds, and Mimic configuration.
You can also reach us directly at launch@modke.com.
Is there a learning curve?
If you've ever played on a controller, you already know how to use the Mimic. Your left thumb does what it's done for years, just next to your keyboard.
You keep your keyboard so there's no new layout to memorize. Setup takes under a minute, with no software and nothing to download. The only real adjustment is learning new binds, and once they click you won't want to go back.
Do I need to change my keybinds to use the Mimic?
For Fortnite, yes, and it's worth it in the long run. Binds built around WASD or other joystick mods were designed for a suboptimal hand position, so they won't take advantage of what the Mimic does. Learning new binds might take you a few days, but it's how you get the full ergonomic and performance benefit for the long haul.
The Mimic is built for players who are ready to rethink their setup. If you'd rather keep your current binds, it may not be the right fit.
Is the Mimic comfortable for long gaming sessions?
Comfort is the reason the Mimic exists. We spent a year designing it with Trig, an award-winning product design firm with deep roots in healthcare and human factors.
Most gear makes your hand adapt to the hardware. The Mimic adapts to your hand:
- A sculpted palm rest refined through rounds of prototypes and hands-on testing, so large and small hands rest naturally.
- A patented double-jointed arm in solid zinc alloy that puts the stick under the tip of your thumb, relaxed and bent instead of stretched and locked. That's your StickPrint™.
- Mirrored to your mouse hand, so both hands sit in the same natural, balanced position.
Set your StickPrint once and forget it. If it doesn't feel right, return it within 30 days.
Will the Mimic slide around during play?
No. On a supported Wooting, Razer or SteelSeries keyboard, the Mimic locks into our patented connector. It holds steady through fast flicks and intense fights, with no wobble, no drift and no adjusting mid-game. You set it at your StickPrint™ once and it stays there.
Is the Mimic legal to use in competitive games?
Yes, it is. The Mimic presents itself as a standard XInput controller and doesn't use macros, automation or input manipulation. From a game's perspective, it's the same as the left stick on a controller.
Developers are building for this, too. More new games launch with full controller and keyboard-and-mouse support at the same time, like Valheim, which just hit 1.0.
What games does the Mimic work with?
The Mimic works out of the box with PC games that support native 360° movement alongside mouse input, such as Fortnite, Call of Duty, League of Legends and Valheim.
For all other games the Mimic can be remapped to replace WASD using reWASD.
Why does the Mimic cost $219?
Here's what goes into every Mimic:
- A year of design with Trig, an award-winning product design firm with deep roots in healthcare and human factors.
- Built from solid zinc alloy and precision injection-molded plastics. The patented double-jointed arm locks in your StickPrint™, and the plastics are made by BeraTek, a US manufacturer that builds parts for the medical, aerospace and automotive industries. No 3D-printed parts.
- Hall Effect thumbstick with interchangeable thumbcaps from GuliKit, so there's no stick drift.
- Lifetime warranty. If your Mimic fails from normal use, we replace it, for as long as you own it.
What's included: your keyboard connector, a lifetime reWASD Basic license, free shipping to the US and Canada, and a 30-day fit-or-return guarantee.
Why adjustable matters. Before we partnered with Trig, another top design firm told us an adjustable thumbstick would be too complex and too expensive to build, and pitched a one-size-fits-all design instead. Trig warned us of the same cost. We built it anyway. A thumbstick sitting perfectly under the tip of your thumb is the best feeling in competitive PC gaming, and every hand is different. Not a single corner was cut to get it there.
